Rasmus Berthelsen
Rasmus Storm Josva Berthel Berthelsen (1827–1901) [1] was a Greenlandic teacher, poet, and artist. He was an editor for the Atuagagdliutit. He wrote the Greenland Christmas carol Guterput or Our God. His woodcut Starving Greenlanders is an early example of social commentary in Greenland art. [2] He is most known for his hymns and poetry. He is probably the first Greenlandic author after the Vikings.[3]
References
- ↑ (in Danish)Den Store Danske
- ↑ Bodil Kaalund (1 January 1983). The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting. University of California Press. pp. 164–168. ISBN 978-0-520-04840-9.
- ↑ Louis-Jacques Dorais (28 January 2010). Language of the Inuit: Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. p. 203–. ISBN 978-0-7735-3646-3.